Since the last blog post we had a few more lazy days in KL then took a very fancy coach (the seats were really wide, had loads of foot space and had back massages in the seats!) to Penang. One of the nicest and easiest journeys we have had, no messing about just one straight coach to the bus station then a taxi ride to our guest house. Anyway we arrived here on the 31st May and have explored Georgetown where we are staying, had some really cheap Indian food (about 2pounds each) and found a couple of vege restaurants though neither were particularly tasty.
The Malaysians seem to love their fake meat, they even have fake fish which I have not seen anywhere else, unfortunately I can't tell you if its any good as I have never eaten fish to compare it with. We shared our table with two lovely local ladies because there was no room in the restaurant and they told me what I was actually eating as it was a buffet and Poonam and I had no idea what anything was, they even offered us a lift to one of the temples but we had already been.
Anyway today we took a tour of the island to see all the sites, we went to The Reclining Buddha Temple:
the famous Penang Hill which had some amazing views:
a temple with a huge Buddha on a hilltop:
the Snake Temple complete with real snakes:
The Snake Temple was a little disappointing as we were expecting snakes to be everywhere but there were only a few, our tour guide said that when it was first built it was grassy all around so the snakes came to the temple of their own accord but when the surrounding area was build up they stopped coming and only a few are left and they live in the temple.
We also visited a tea/coffee and chocolate factory where me and Poonam brought some coffee each, it was soo nice and we are still buzzing because we tried quite a lot of it! It was the first time Poonam tried coffee and she loved it...though it was all white coffee and very sweet so not so much like UK coffee. There were loads of flavours like honey, coconut, toffee, ginger etc. I brought some coconut coffee and Poonam got some Tiramisu coffee which was super sweet! We are not sure how we are going to fit all our purchases into our bags! Poonam already has an extra suitcase for gifts and I am going to have to buy one for mine as well soon! We are hoping we can put them on the plane as hand luggage hehe!
Tomorrow we are off to Lankawi - the next island along.
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
The Malaysians seem to love their fake meat, they even have fake fish which I have not seen anywhere else, unfortunately I can't tell you if its any good as I have never eaten fish to compare it with. We shared our table with two lovely local ladies because there was no room in the restaurant and they told me what I was actually eating as it was a buffet and Poonam and I had no idea what anything was, they even offered us a lift to one of the temples but we had already been.
Anyway today we took a tour of the island to see all the sites, we went to The Reclining Buddha Temple:
the famous Penang Hill which had some amazing views:
a temple with a huge Buddha on a hilltop:
the Snake Temple complete with real snakes:
The Snake Temple was a little disappointing as we were expecting snakes to be everywhere but there were only a few, our tour guide said that when it was first built it was grassy all around so the snakes came to the temple of their own accord but when the surrounding area was build up they stopped coming and only a few are left and they live in the temple.
We also visited a tea/coffee and chocolate factory where me and Poonam brought some coffee each, it was soo nice and we are still buzzing because we tried quite a lot of it! It was the first time Poonam tried coffee and she loved it...though it was all white coffee and very sweet so not so much like UK coffee. There were loads of flavours like honey, coconut, toffee, ginger etc. I brought some coconut coffee and Poonam got some Tiramisu coffee which was super sweet! We are not sure how we are going to fit all our purchases into our bags! Poonam already has an extra suitcase for gifts and I am going to have to buy one for mine as well soon! We are hoping we can put them on the plane as hand luggage hehe!
Tomorrow we are off to Lankawi - the next island along.
Bye from Saskia and Poonam xx
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